Center for Global Health Equity

Get involved in global health! The Center for Global Health Equity coordinates study abroad programs, hosts visiting international scholars, organizes conferences and programs, offers courses in global health, fosters overseas research, and more -- all with the goal of improving the health and well-being of communities around the world.

The mission of the Center is to facilitate service, research, scholarship, education, and public policy to promote culturally informed, appropriate, competent, and ethical health and well-being in a global context. Through various services, the Center fosters respect for human diversity, integrity, creativity, caring, ethical treatment, scholarship, social justice, and policy.

Center Associates

Director: Anne Dressel - banda@uwm.edu

Senior Scientist: Loren Galvao - lgalvao@uwm.edu

Faculty and Staff Associates:

Ellen Amster, History

Karla Bartholomew, Public Health

Paul Brodwin, Anthropology

Aaron Buseh, Nursing

Patti Cobb, Letters & Science

Aparna Datey, Center for International Education

Jacques du Plessis, School of Information Studies

Connie Jo, Letters & Science

Penninah Kako, Nursing

Jennifer Kibicho, Medical College of Wisconsin

Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Nursing

Vishnu Nanduri, Idustrial Engineering

Wilkestar Otieno, Industrial Engineering

Nuananong Seal, Nursing

Estrella Sotomayor, Spanish and Portuguese

Pat Stevens, Nursing

Lance Weinhardt, Public Health

Anika Wilson, Africology

Administrative Support Staff:
Cathy Trimborn, Nursing

Projects

SAGE4Health is a project that was originally known as Tiphunzitsane or "working together" in the Chichewa language, one of the local languages in Malawi. It was recently renamed to reflect key goals: Savings, Agriculture, Governance and Empowerment.